Get started by logging into the app with your Facebook, Adobe or Google account details. Note that if you use your Adobe account details, Spark Video will automatically sync projects to your Adobe account, so you can start on one device and finish on another if you wish to.

Tap the red plus icon at the bottom of the screen, and insert a project title to begin. You can pick a story template to work with or start from scratch. The templates, which include ’Teach a Lesson’, ‘An invitation’ and ’Show and Tell’, will help you select the type of content you should be uploading to fit your purpose, and how you should write the accompanying text.

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Once you’ve selected a theme, start by adding a video or photo from your camera roll and trim it to the desired length – video clips can only be imported in 30 second chunks, so you’ll have to insert longer pieces of content twice.

You will see your clips laid out as thumbnails at the bottom of the screen – tap, hold down, and drag your finger along the screen to re-order them.

Select the video or image you want to work on, and you’ll see it in the main viewer in the middle of the screen. You can add text onto the images by tapping the plus icon on the image, dragging it around with your finger to position it.

When you are happy with your video and its order, use the tabs at the top of the screen to play around with the style. Here, you can alter the layout or format of the video, which changes the colour and font type.

You can also alter the size of your video, to either widescreen or square – your desired format will depend on the platform you’re publishing it on.

Once you’re finished, you can add music from your device using the musical note icon, or add a voiceover by holding down the record button and speaking as the video plays. You can only record over one clip at a time, so make the voice clips less than 30 seconds long for each bit of narration.

The app enables you to preview your clips and share directly to social media, or save the videos to your device.